Length-indicating mechanism for fabric-measuring machines



LENGTH INDICATING MECHANISM FOR FABRIC MEASURING MACHINES Filed Feb. 10, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR John 1.. Wheeler:

A TTORNEV March 12, 1929. J. 1.. WHEELER 1,705,164

LENGTH INDICATING MECHANISM FOR FABRIC MEASURING MACHINES Filed Feb. 10, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 m'l/LNTo/e John L. Wheeler I ATTOAUYE) am aw March 12, 1929. J. L. WHEELER 1,705,164

LENGTH INDICATING MECHANISM FOR FABRIC MEASURING MACHINES Filed Feb. 10, 1925 4 Sheets5heet 5 a 1/ 2 P J09 1410 (W 3 J 79 25 7/1 6 70 6%675 t 1 i 111-; /00/3 I X 2 /5/ Hz 5Z 57 6: ,2 E 9 gwzz I W/ ww O j #i WM W NW 32 4/ 1 0 0 11v VENTOR Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. WHEELER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE MEASUREGRAPH COM- PANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

LENGTHJNDICATING DIECHANISIVI FOR FABRlC-IMEASURING MACHINES.

Application filed February 10, 1923. Serial No. 618 189.

bine therewith a unit-of-ineasiire indicator,-

such as a yard indicator, suitably subdivided to indicate various divisions of the unit of measure, whereby in any given nu asurement the one indicator will show the total number of whole yards in the piece of fabric measured, and the other will show any fractional part of a yard, or any number of inches.

A, further general object of the invention is to provide means for returning both indicators to the zero position in a single operation.

Other objects of the invention relate to do tails of construction and combinations and operations of parts involved in the attainm-int ot' the above stated general objects of the invention.

\Vit'h these objects in view, the invention comprises a unit-of-nieasure indicator, preferably in the form of a dial having a hand continuously movable tln'u-mver, which is rotated by the passage of the goods over a measuring roller, and a total measurement indicator which is operated from the measuring roller in unison with the unit: i'neasurement indicator and which is sulnlivided to show vard measurements from one to, say, one hundred yards: The unit-of-measure indicator operates continuously in the measuring operation and the mechanism for operating the total measurement indicator is arranged in such manner that at the completion of a cycle of movement of the unit-of- :uca ure indicator, or in other words at the ompletion of each rotation of the hand over the dial, the tota measurement indicator will l e advanced to indicate a measurement of a :ird, o that at the completion of the mensuring operation the total length of the fabric ru ssurwl will he shown on the respective dials lie ards and 'tractions of a yard, or The movement, of the indicators is continuoin; up to the capacity of the machine, or to the end oi" any given measuring operas tion involving less than one hundred yards, and means are provided for releasing tile operative connection of the indicators from the driving mechanism at the will of the operator and for returning the indicators to the zero position. Included in the driving mechanism for the indicators is a clutch and 21 Geneva movement mechanism for rotating one member of the total measurement indicator in stages; and means are provided for releasing the cl ntch and for disengaging the two members of the Geneva movement mechanism in the resetting operation.

A preferred embodimentof the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine constructed according to my invention, a part of the casing being broken away to better illustra te the arrangement of certain parts within the machine;

Figure 2 a view in side elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation;

Figure 4 is a view in rear elevation;

Figure 5 is a view in side elevation partly in section, with the casing of the machine removed;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 but viewed from the opposite side of the machine to that shown in Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 5;

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional plan view taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 5;

Figure 9 is a trae'mental cross-section taken on the line th of Figure (3 and viewed in the direction of the arrows: and

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view tl'u'ough the clutch mechanism and connected parts shown at the left of Figure 5.

leferring now to the drawing, the nuineral 1 indicates a casing. the top of which is provided with a circular glass covered opening 2 and adjacent thereto is a rectangular glass covered opening 3. The casing 1 is adapted to enclose the working parts of the machine, which. as shown by Figures 5 and 6. are mounted on a base plate 4 through the medium o t frame members 5 and (3, and a vert ical partition 7 located about centrally of the base plate t. The inner frame of the machine has mounted on its upper side a circular dial 8 (Figure I) which is located immediately und r the window 2, whi h dial is pro vi'lcd with a circularly arranged series of numbers 9 indicating inches and surround in; these numbers with a circularly arranged series of fractions to indicate the usual fractional divisions of a yard, such as one-eighth, one-fourth, three-eighths, one-half, etc. Mounted to rotate over this dial is a hand 10 which is operated through the mechanism which will now be described, referring particularly to Figures 5, ti and T.

Rotatably mounted at one end in the lower part of the partition 7 is a measuring roller ll, the shaft 12 of which is provided on its inner end with a pinion 'lZ meshing with a g ar ll mounted on a stub shaft 1:). Fast on the near ll is a pinion it; which meshes with a relatively large gear wheel if! mounted on one end of a sleeve ltv' which at its other end carries a bevel near it). The sleeve 8 is ro tatably mounted on a stub shaft. 2t) which is secured at one end in 2 vertical portion bracket plate 21 am at its other nd i partition 7. The bevel gear ii) is in mesh w a similar bevel gear 22 which is mounlei the lower end of a sleeve .33; l ed in a bracket plate 2i prov i mounted at the upper end of the frame member ti. 7 he ."ilPtY, 2 3 has secured to its upper end a clu -11 member 25 which co-operates with a cenipai'iion clutch member The sleeve with the bevel gear 22 and clutch member is splined on a vertically disposed shaft 27, as indicated at :28 in Figure it), the lower end of said shaft being rotatably and slidabl mounted in a horizontal portion of the bracket plate 2L as shown in Figure 5 the intermediate portion of the shaft being journaled through the medium of the sleeve 23 in the bracket plate 534. The upper end portion of shaitt 521" is reduced in diameter, as indicated at 29 in Figure it), and mounted on this reduced portion is a, sleeve 3t) which has secured at its lower end the clutch member 26 pre .'iously re erred to. The hand it) is mounted on the upper end of the sleeve 30. Viitu the parts as thus organized and the clutch mem ers 25 and 5.36 in engagement. it will be seen that with the rotation of the measuring roller 11, the hand it) will be rotated and the relation of the chain of gearing" from the measuring roller 11 to the bevel near 72 is such that the hand it) will be moved a distance equivalent to oneeighlh ot' the circum'lcrcnce of the circular dial 5 for every complete revolution of the mwisurinu' roller the latter having a circumference of tour and one-half inches. o' oneeighth of a yard.

In the operation of the machine. the clutch members 15 and 26 are adapted to be separated to permit the hand 10 and the elements of the total yards indicator, to be described, to return or be returned to the zero position. la the present' embodiment of the invention I prefer to separate the cam members by raising the member 26. This is effected by the following mechanism, referring: to Figures 4, 5 and 6.

Slidably mounted in a slot 31 in the frame member 5 and held therein by a 32 secured on said frame member, is a slide bar 33 having; on its outer end a button fill which is accessible through an opening 35 provided in the rear end of casino 1, The inner end of the slide bar 33 is provided with a slot- 36 which works over a headed st ud 237 secured in the frame n'iember (5. The bar 33} is further provided at its inner end with an upwardly projecting portion which is provided at its upper end with a cam plate 3!) adapted to engage under the lower end of the sha ft 27. The button 34' is known as the reset button, and when in its outward po;-:i tion, as shown in the drawings. its caui p rtion is withdrawn from lifting engagemen' with the end of the shaft 527. When the reset button 34- is pushed inward. however, the cam plate 39 will move under the end of the shaft 27 and raise it, and, through the medium of the shouldered portion 40 of said shaft. made by producing the reduced portion 29 (FlQHlT l0) engaging the lower end of the sleeve 30, the clutch member 26 will be raised. The (X- tension 38 of the slide bar 33 has one end of a coil spring 41 secured to it, the other end of ,iid spring being secured to the frame mcnr liier 5. This spring serves to return the s ide bar and the cam plate 39 to normal position when pressure on the reset button is released. On the shaft 27 above the bracket plate 21 there is secured a collar 42 which is adapted to engage the lower end of a coil spring 43 inserted between said collar and the bevel egear lVhen the cam plate 3.) is moved outward to release the end of the shaft 27 the srrui 4'?) forces the shaft downward to bring); the clutch members 25 and 526 into engagement again. The manner of resettingthe indi ators will be described later on. For convciriencc I will refer to the dial 5% and hand ill as constituting a yard indicatoras the i-d i,-- the unit of n'ieasure which l preter to emote-r in this machine. It will be obvious that as the hand 10 is adapted to'continuoi lr revolve around the dial. the yar ind cator would not serve to indicate anr measurement in excess of one yard, and other means must be provided to indicate the number of times the hand 10 has been moved over th dial and such means. which i will refer to a total yard indicator" tam-ether with the mechanism for operation the sauna will now he described. referring particularly to l igy ures l. t) and 9.

Secured to the inner side of the u'car 17. on the opposite side to that to wh ch the rleevc 18 is secured, is a pinion itwhich medics with a gear 45 mounted on a stub sh ft t; and carrying a pinion 47 whita meshes with a rear 48 which is fast on the end of a screw threaded rod 49 mounted at one end for reltlt) it'll ti l tation in the partition 7 and at its other in a bracket plate 50 secured on the wall of an interior casing member 51. Secured at op posite ends in the partition 7 and the bracket plate 50, respectively, are two parallel rods 53 located one over the other. Slidably mounted on and extending between these bars a carriage which is normally held against the end of a sleeve 55 mounted on one end oi the upper bar 52, and constituting a stop, by means of a coil spring 56 one end of which is secured to said carriage and the other to the bracket plate 50. (Figure The carriage 54; is in the Form. of a plate having end flanges 57 which contain the apertures by means of which the carriage is slidably mounted on the rods 52, 53, and slidably and pivotally mounted on the rod 53 between these flanges, and normally in engagement with the innermost, or that toward the left in Fig ure 5, is a slide block 58 (Figures and 9) which, at its lower end, is prmrided with a curved recess 59 on its inner face which is provided with threads adapted to engage screwthreaded rod ll), so that when this rod is rotated the slide block will be moved in one direction or the other. The lower end of the slide block 58 is normally held in yielding engagement with the scrcwtln'eadcd rod 49 by engagement of the rear side thereof by the lower end of a leaf spring (it), (Figures 6 and 9), the upper end of which is s cured at (it through a plate 62, to be pre ently referred to, to the back of carriage 54. The slide block 58 is adapted, when moved by the rotation of the rod 49, to cause the carriage 54 to move over rods and 53 against the resistance o't spring 56 to move one member of the total yards indicator. This total yards imlicator comprises a disk as (Figures 1 and 8) provided with a spirally arranged series of numbers (34 beginning at the central portion ol the disk and tcrniinating at some pointncar the circumterence thereof. and running in order from 0 to 100. The disk (l?) is mounted on a. circular metal plate (35 (Figure which has secured to its under side a large gear wheel (l8. Secured on the under side of gear wheel (36 is a sleeve (17. which is rotatably mounted on a stud 68, (shown by dotted lines in Figure projecting upward from a bracket 69 secured at its inner end to the partition 7. Secured on the lower end of sleeve (37 is a heart-shaped cam 70 which also encircles the stud ($8 and rests upon a collar 71 provided at the base of stud (i8, and the pur 'iose of which will presently appear. The gear (56 and plate 65 carrying the disk (ii are adapted to be rotated in the following manner:

Secured in a recess 72 (Figures 7 and 8) in the upper end of the partition 7, is a stud 73, the lower end of which is screwthreaded into the partition, as indicated at 74 in Figure 5. Rotatably mounted on the upper end of this stud and supported on a sleeve 75 surrounding the same, is a Geneva wheel 76 which has secured on its upper side a pinion 77 in mesh with the large gear wheel 66. Slidably mounted on the sleeve 30 (Figure is a collar 78 having a circular groove 79 and having mounted on its upper end a disk 80 having secured on its under side a short arm 81 carrying a pin 82 adapted to engage in the usual slots 83 oi the Geneva wheel in the rotation of disk 80. The disk 80 is adapted to rotate in close proximity to the curved faces 84 of the Geneva wheel and its periphery is recessed, as indicated at 85, to acconnnodate the pointed ends of the wheel containing the slots 83. in the usual manner. As the sleeve rotates in unison with the measuring roller 11 and serves to rotate the hand 10, it will be seen that with each rotation of the hand the pin 82 will engage in one or the other of the slo s 83 to turn the Geneva wheel 76 through a portion of a revolution, and this operates by engagement of the pinion 77 with the large gear 66 to turn the plate and disk 63 a given distance to advance a number on said disk. This movement of disk 63 is made in coo}')era'lion with the continuous movement of a shutter having an opening, and the ar rangcinent is such that the opening in the shutter will be caused to display a number uni i l the hand 10 has passed beyond the seveneighths yard indication, or last fractional division on the dial 8, at which time the pin 80 will engage in one of the slots 83 ot' the Geneva wheel 76 and begin to turn disk 6; and at the end of the movement of this disk. that is, when the pin 80 passes out of the slot of the Geneva wheel, when motion of the latter ceases. the opening in the shutter will be in position to display the next number in succession to the number previously displayed. This shutter comprises a plate 84 which is integral with and a horizontal extension ot the plate 62 (Figure 6) previously referred to, and which plate 8-1 has an in' tegral portion 85" extending Iongitiulinally ot the machine from beyond the center of the disk (33 in one direction to the periphery thereof in the opposite direction, and is provided with an opening 86 which is of a size to display the separate numbers on the disk 63. When one number is being displayed through the opening 86. all the other numbcrs that could be seen through the window 3 (Figure 1.) will be covered by the shutter The slide block 58 being in contact with the screwthrcaded rod 49 (Figure and the latter being adapted to be continuously ro tated by the chain of gears leading directly from the measuring roller 11, it tollows that in the measuring operation the shutter 85 will be continuously moved in one direction (to the left in Figures 1 and 8) or in a radial direction from the center toward the periphery of the disk 63. The arrangement of the numbers on the disk 63 provides, as shown by Figlit) ures 1 and 9, a series of columns of figures radiating: t'rom the central portion of the disk (33, and the movement of the shutter is such that with each movement ot the disk (33 eti'ected by the Geneva wheel 76, the opening 80 ot the shutter will be in a position to dis close a new number on the disk, which will be. trained, as it were, in the said opening. no relation ot the pitch ot' the threads on the screwthreaded rod 49 to produce the proper movement ot the shutter relat ve to the movement of the disk (353, may he mathcmatitnllv tlcie ni iusl, but i tind it convenient to simply provide a pitch of thread which will result in moving the shutter only a 't'ew thousaiidths (ii an inch tor each revolution oi the measuring roller, and then placinc; a plane disk under the opening n the shutter and calihrating it according; to the movement of the shutter ell'ected in each c uiplete revolution of the hand 10 hy the men uring ro ler. Th s. o c use oii f uifili s a master disk, and therea tier the scrcwt hrem i ed rods and disks will b: made to conform to the relations estahlisheo in the pattern machine.

()ne of the general oh iccts ol' the in ent on is to provide means tor returning (i3, shutter 85, and hand 10 to the Acre 1 tion at the end of any measuring operation. or when the limit of the machine has l reached. The mechanism tor etlectino; this resetting of the machine will now he t scribed, referring particularly to Figures 5, 0. 7. 8 and 9.

Referring first to Figure (3, the slide bar 33 is provided within the frame memhe' 5 with a right-angular extension or arm to which is pivotally secured one end of a link 88, the other end of which is pivotally secured to a crank arm 89 having; a sleeve 90 secured on the lower end of a rock shaft 91. This rock shaft is mounttal at its lower end on a pin 92 adjustably secured in a socket member 93 by means of a screw 91-, the socket memher being mounted on the base plate ft. At its upper end the rock sha it is reduced in diameter and has a hearing" in a socket member 95 secured on the under side ot' a plate 90 mounted on the tramc member 5 and secured to the upper end of the partition 7. and which forms a support for the dial 8, Mount d near the upper end of the rock shaft Kit is a sleeve 07 secured on the rock shaft 'ov a set screw 99 (Figure 0) and haviiu; an arm 09 extending; inwardly therefrom which has a pointed projection 100 at its outer nd which is adapted to (ti-operate with a hcart shnpcd cam 101 which is secured on the sleeve 230 below the collar 79. Between said collar and the cam 101 there is interposed a coil spring 102 for a purpose to he presently de cribed. As thus far described. when the reset button 3t is pushed inward. the link acts to partially rotate. the reel; shaft, 91 through the medium of the crank arm 39 which acts to turn the arm 99 inward to bring its pointed end into engagement with the edge of the heart-shaped cam 101. Continued pressure on the button will cause the projection 100 to move the cam in one direction or the other, according as its point may he lying: on one side or the other of the median line of the machine, and this movement continues until the pointed projection rests in the recess 103 at the base of the cam, at which point movement ceases. As the cam rotates, it, of course, turns the sleeve 30 and hand 10. and the cam is so positioned on the sleeve that hen the projection 100 rest s in the recess 103, the hand 10 will he at Zero on the dial The mechanism tor returning the disk 09 to the zero position comprises the following parts:

donated th rock shat't 0i rhovc the sleeve 97 (Figure is a similar sleeve 104 having a crank arm '10:") thereon to which is pivotally secured at one end a connecting bar 106, the other end of wh ch is secured to a lever 22 rm 107 which secured to the hub 108 (Figure which is pivotally mounted on a stud 109 projecting upward from the bracket 00 previously referred to. The huh 108 has an arm 110 similar to the arm 99 previously referred to, said arm having a pointed end adapted to co-operate with the heartshaped cam '70 mounted on the bottom of sleeve 67 which carries the gear 66 and plate 65 on which the disk 63 is mounted. Thus, when the reset button 34 is pushed inward, the connecting bar 106 will also be pushed inward by the action of the crank arm 105, and this movement of the connecting bar will serve to rock the hub 108, through the medium of the lever arm 107, and thereby move the outer end of arm 110 into engagement with the tflfIO ot the heart-shaped cam 70, which will act to turn said cam until the end of arm 110 rests in the recess at the base thereot', in a manner well known, and as previously described with reference to the cam 101. This turningof cam 70 operates to turn sleeve 07 and thereby to turn the disk Gil to the zero position. Before the disk 63 can he r turned to the zero position in the manner described, however, it is necessary to move the disk 80 out of engagement With the Geneva wheel 76. This is accomplished in the following manner:

Pivotally mounted at 111 (Figures 5 and 0) in cars 112 bent inward from the Frame mcmher 5, is a plate 113 (Figure 8) the inn r end of which is recessed, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 8 at 114, to allow the end of the rod to engage in the recess 79 ot' th collar 78. Secured on the top of the plate 11;) is a curved cam plate 1 15 which increases in thickness toward the inner end of the plate. Secured on the rock shaft 9t near the top thereof is a sleeve 116 which has projecting inward from it, an arm 11?, the outer end whieh is cammed or inclined, as indicated at 118 in Figure 5, to engage and slide over the upper surface of the cam plate 115. The disk 80 is secured to the top of the grooved collar 78 and hence when the reset button is pushed inward to partially rotate rock shaft 91, the cam end 118 of arm 117 will engage the cam plate 115 to cause the outer end of the plate 113 to be depressed. This acts to move the collar 7 8 downward on the sleeve against resistance of spring 102, thus lowering disk 80 below the plane of the Geneva Wheel 76, so that the latter is free to be turned by the gear 66 and pinion 77 in the resetting of disk 63 by the means above described. The mechanism for returning the shutter 85 to the zero position comprises the following parts:

Projecting inward from the top of the slide block 58 (Figures 5 and 9) is an arm 119. Iivotally mounted at its ends in the bracket plate and partition 7, respectively, is a bow shaped rod 120, which is located immediately above and in contact with the arm 119. The bow-shaped member 120 may be termed a cam rod, and upon being turned, acts to depress the arm 119 and thereby turn the slide block 58 out of engagement with the screwthreaded rod 49. To effect this operation, the inner end of the cam rod 120 projects through the partition 7 (Figure and has secured on its end a rock arm 121. Mounted on the connecting bar 106 is a cam plate 122 (Figures 6 and 7), which is adapted to engage the upper end of the rock arm 121 to move it outward when the connecting bar is moved inward by turning the rock shaft 91 by pressing in with the reset button. As this rock arm is so moved, it turns the cam rod 120 to depress the arm 119 and turn the slide block 58 out of engagement with the screwthreaded rod 49. \Vhen this occurs, the spring 56, previously referred to as connected to the carriage 54, operates to pull said carriage with the slide block 58 t0 the right in Figure 5 and to the left in Figure 6 until the carriage engages the sleeve or stop 55, which determines the Zero position of the shutter, which is mounted on the carriage through the medium of the plate 62, which is an integral portion of the shutter.

Thus, from the foregoing description, it will be. seen that in one inward movement of the slide bar 33, effected by pushing inward the reset button 15, the clutch member 26 will be raised out of engagement with the clutch member 25, the disk will be lowered below the plane of the Geneva wheel 76, the cam 101 will be turned to move the hand 10 to zero, the cam 70 will be turned to move the disk 63 to zero, and the slide block 58 will be turned out lot engagement with the screwthreadcd rod 49 to permit the shutter to be moved to the ero position by the spring 56. Upon release of the reset button, the spring 41 returns the slide bar 33 to normal position, the spring 43 returns the clutch member 26 to engagement with the clutch member 25, and the spring 102 raises the disk 80 to the plane of the Geneva wheel 76. The upward movement of disk 80 is arrested by a colla r 123 secured on the sleeve St). A brief description of certain parts nec essary to the operation of the complete ma chine, but which are not involved directly in the invention will now be given.

Referring to Figure 2, the numeral 12-1 ind icates a. knife lever, which is operated by a button on the end thereof projecting through a slot 126 in the casing, and which is normally held in a raised position by a coil spring 127 secured at one end to the knife lever and at its other, to an arm 128 secured on the frame member This knife lever carries a blade 129, which, upon being depressed, operates to notch the fabric at the edge to indicate the termination of the measured portion of the fabric. Pivotally mounted in the frame of the machine above the measuring roller 11 is a presser roller 1230 (Figures 2 and 3). This presser roller is rotatably mounted in a pivotally mounted frame 131, having a projecting arm 132 (Figure 3) which is normally engaged by a spring-controlled starting lever 133 (Figure 2) to hold the roller 130 in an elevated position. lVhen the lever 133 is pressed inward out of engagement with the arm 132, a spring 134 operates to turn the frame downward to bring the roller 130 into contact with the measuring roller 11.

These parts are of well known construction and are embodied in various prior patents of this and other inventors in the same interest, and are only referred to for the purpose of making the general operation of the machine understandable.

It is sufficient to state, therefore, that with a piece of fabric inserted between the rollers 11 and 130. and the roller lowered, when the fabric is pulled between the rollers, the measuring roller 11 will be rotated, and through the chain of gearing described, will operate the hand 10, disk 63 and shutter 85. At the end of the measuring operation, or when the capacity of the machine, namely, one hundred yards, has been reached, the hand, disk and shutter are returned to the. Zero position by pressing in the reset button as above fully described.

I claim 1. In a fabric measuring machine comprising a yard indicator, and mechanism for continuously moving the same by the passage of the goods through the machine, a total yards indicator comprising two co-operating super imposed elements, one of which is continuously moved by said mechanism, to successsively display numbers disposed on the other, and means carried by said mechanism for moving the other-elen'ient in stages correspowling to cycles of movement of the yard indicator.

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2. In a fabric measuring machine comprising a yard indicator, gearing for continuously operating the same, and means for continuously operating said gearing by passing the goods through the machine, a total yards in dicator comprising two co-operating super-- imposed elements. one of which has numbers thereon to indicate yard measurements. means operated by said gearing for producing a continuous lateral nu emeutof one oi said elements relatively to the other in the measuring operation, and means operated by said gearing for producing a movement in stages (it the other element corresponding to cycles oi n'iovement ol the yard indicator, and correlated to the movement of said shutter.

3. In a fabric measuring machine compri ing a yard indicator, and gearing operating to continuously move said indicator and arapted to be actuated by the passing of the goods through the machine, a total yards indicator comprising a movable disk having: numbers thereon indicating yard measur ments and a shutter co-operating therewith, means for continuously moving said shutter from said gearing, and means operated by said gearing for advancing said disk in sta corresponding to cycles of movement of the yard indicator.

4. In a fabric measuring machine comprising a yard indicator, gearing for operating the same. and means for continuously operating said gearing by passing the goods through the machine, a total yards indicator comprising a disk having a spirally arranged series of numbers thereon indicating yard measurements, a shutter co-operating therewith, means operated by said gearing for continuousl; moving the shutter in (me direction relative to said disk, and means operated by said gearing tor rotating said disk in stages corresponding to cycles of movement of said yard indieator.

in a fabric measuring machine comprising a yard indicator, gearing for operating the same. and means for continuously operat ing said gearing by passing the goods through the machine, a sermv-threade l rod :ulapted to be continuously operated by said g aring, a total yards indicator comprising a disk having a spirally arranged series o't numbers thereon indicating yard measurements. means operated by said gearing tor rotating said disk in stages corresponding to cycles of movement of the yard indicator. a shutter co-operating with said disk, and means carried by the shutter for engaging said sereiv threaded rod, whereby said shutte is continuously moved in one direction relative to said. disk. and the two movements 'eo-operating to display in succession numbers 

